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Name: Republic of Swellendam

Type: Polity

Start: 1795 AD

End: 1795 AD

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By 1795 the dissatisfaction towards the Dutch East India Company caused the burghers of Swellendam to revolt, and on 17 June 1795 they declared themselves a Republic.

Establishment


  • June 1795: By 1795, the dissatisfaction towards the Dutch East India Company caused the burghers of Swellendam to revolt, and they declared themselves a Republic.
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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.Boer revolt against the Dutch East India Company

    In 1795 the dissatisfaction towards the Dutch East India Company (and against British Rule) caused a revolt of the Boers, who founded several secessionist states.

  • November 1795: The Republic of Swellendam was ended on 4 November 1795 when the Cape was occupied by the Kingdom of Great Britain.

  • Disestablishment


  • November 1795: The Republic of Swellendam was ended on 4 November 1795 when the Cape was occupied by the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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